Accuracy down to 98%

[koshgel]

I think the people who report near or in excess of 1000 posts will be the rare exception, aside from probably moderators.

Is there a daily average of posts reported available? That would be interesting to see. Does the mods' job mainly just consist of handling reports?

Last time I counted it was about 150 a day. That's counting everything, including foreign language boards and alt currencies. I leave a lot for the local mods to deal with, reports is probably 1/3 of what I do at most. Most are thread moves/spam that takes very little time.

I'm actually surprised at that figure. I thought it'd be in the several hundreds. Was it a while since you checked? I imagine the figure will only keep growing over time.

I'm at 98% too. Which post was legitimate that I reported? I NEED TO KNOW 

You mean illegitimate? I'm also back up to 98% from an all-time low of 97  .

Maybe my sentence was confusing. The report was illegitimate but the post was legitimate 

[acs267]

Happened to me, too. Reported a guy for spamming all over the place. I guess they're just unhanded reports? That makes sense, since they're bombarded with reports everyday.

[theymos]

Happened to me, too. Reported a guy for spamming all over the place. I guess they're just unhanded reports? That makes sense, since they're bombarded with reports everyday.

Unhandled reports don't count toward your accuracy score. Your bad report was on this post, which is fine:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622909.msg6929630#msg6929630

[dogie]

You have reported 232 posts with 89% accuracy.

Meh. There's always going to be an error factor, and its hard to tell exactly what you do wrong when it flickers between roundings.

[Cryptopher]

You have reported 232 posts with 89% accuracy.

Meh. There's always going to be an error factor, and its hard to tell exactly what you do wrong when it flickers between roundings.

Yeah the report tracking from a regular users' perspective is very limited - who knows whether your report has been handled if there is no change in the success percentage.

If you don't know where you went wrong then how can you hope to improve?

[freedomno1]

You have reported 232 posts with 89% accuracy.

Meh. There's always going to be an error factor, and its hard to tell exactly what you do wrong when it flickers between roundings.

Yeah the report tracking from a regular users' perspective is very limited - who knows whether your report has been handled if there is no change in the success percentage.

If you don't know where you went wrong then how can you hope to improve?

Seems like a good point
It could be possible to have the report function have a comment section that the admin or moderator can click on in the future
Basically
*good report
*bad report
*other (specify)
Could add it onto the new forum software

[dogie]

You have reported 232 posts with 89% accuracy.

Meh. There's always going to be an error factor, and its hard to tell exactly what you do wrong when it flickers between roundings.

Yeah the report tracking from a regular users' perspective is very limited - who knows whether your report has been handled if there is no change in the success percentage.

If you don't know where you went wrong then how can you hope to improve?

I was suggesting its not a problem. Mods are very happy to action 9/10 good reports so for them its not an issue.

[Welsh]

I've contacted a few moderators in the past with questions. I wanted to know more about the moderation policy and what to report and what not to report. Also, things which I should be looking out for and help as much as I can. Although, I came to conclusion that there are no defined rules. Each moderator using their own initiative, imagination and common sense. So, they suggested that if you think something is infringing a 'rule' report  it and give a explanation why you have reported it or you could even write what would be a better alternative. For example, reporting a thread and stating "wrong forum" isn't always helpful, because they may disagree, but putting "Wrong forum, move to service discussion" for example is giving your opinion on where that thread is better suited. They may disagree with you or might not but it's showing that you think it's better if it would be moved.

The people who I spoke to too said that no one should worry about what percentage of good reports you have done too the majority of people are in the good bracket. I guess it could be a nice little feature to know where you have gone wrong so you can improve in the future, but there is no need that's the moderators job you don't have to be right every single time.

[malevolent]

For example, reporting a thread and stating "wrong forum" isn't always helpful, because they may disagree, but putting "Wrong forum, move to service discussion" for example is giving your opinion on where that thread is better suited. They may disagree with you or might not but it's showing that you think it's better if it would be moved.

If you simple state "wrong forum" and the topic in question is moved either by the OP or by a mod to the right forum section, then a different mod seeing the report might mark it as a "Bad report", unless they (we) can easily see that the topic was initially in the wrong forum section. If you're certain it's in the wrong forum, but unsure where it belongs, just write "does not belong in x".

[deadley]

For example, reporting a thread and stating "wrong forum" isn't always helpful, because they may disagree, but putting "Wrong forum, move to service discussion" for example is giving your opinion on where that thread is better suited. They may disagree with you or might not but it's showing that you think it's better if it would be moved.

If you simple state "wrong forum" and the topic in question is moved either by the OP or by a mod to the right forum section, then a different mod seeing the report might mark it as a "Bad report", unless they (we) can easily see that the topic was initially in the wrong forum section. If you're certain it's in the wrong forum, but unsure where it belongs, just write "does not belong in x".

thanks Malevolent it will really helped me to improve my accuracy. I mostly report in market sub forum, so many times it went wrong may be because of I always mention that Pls move into that sub forum. now I will use this thread does not belong to this sub forum. Its better then move into.

[Testing123]

I remember I have read a post somewhere that we will be invited to be a mod after a large number of reports with ok-ish accuracy (quantity > quality).
Can theymos or a mod share a little bit details about that?

[squall1066]

For example, reporting a thread and stating "wrong forum" isn't always helpful, because they may disagree, but putting "Wrong forum, move to service discussion" for example is giving your opinion on where that thread is better suited. They may disagree with you or might not but it's showing that you think it's better if it would be moved.

If you simple state "wrong forum" and the topic in question is moved either by the OP or by a mod to the right forum section, then a different mod seeing the report might mark it as a "Bad report", unless they (we) can easily see that the topic was initially in the wrong forum section. If you're certain it's in the wrong forum, but unsure where it belongs, just write "does not belong in x".

thanks Malevolent it will really helped me to improve my accuracy. I mostly report in market sub forum, so many times it went wrong may be because of I always mention that Pls move into that sub forum. now I will use this thread does not belong to this sub forum. Its better then move into.

I see,  this would explain my 34% accuracy, I must mention to others I only have reported 4 things, and a good job too with my success rate 

Also, I would tend to report things I could see wrong, But as all ready mentioned, Others might not feel the same, But I agree with some sort of forum feedback idea, I know it might chew up more mod time in doing so, But it might help slow bad reports coming in.

I have been a mod on other sites, Nothing like bitcoin, just a beta gaming site years ago, My main problem was bad apples, Not being a site controller, I had no jurisdiction over bad mods who abused the position, Deleted posts they did not agree with, Promoting their propaganda Etc......

Here is quite good, I get a good response out of any questions I ask mods, I agree there seems to be no "Textbook" answers to problems, But each mod has a good level of competence in their field, I just leave them to it.

[hilariousandco]

I remember I have read a post somewhere that we will be invited to be a mod after a large number of reports with ok-ish accuracy (quantity > quality).
Can theymos or a mod share a little bit details about that?

There's this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=593956.msg6573922#msg6573922

Plus occasionally similar advice will show up in one of the forums ad slots.

My accuracy just went back down to 97% fuuuu  .

[BitCoinDream]

I remember I have read a post somewhere that we will be invited to be a mod after a large number of reports with ok-ish accuracy (quantity > quality).
Can theymos or a mod share a little bit details about that?

May I know the criteria of being a Moderator ?

Please go through the thread mentioned above. It'll address your query...

My accuracy has fallen to 96%

Not sure what again went wrong ?

[Testing123]

I remember I have read a post somewhere that we will be invited to be a mod after a large number of reports with ok-ish accuracy (quantity > quality).
Can theymos or a mod share a little bit details about that?

May I know the criteria of being a Moderator ?

Please go through the thread mentioned above. It'll address your query...

Thanks. That is exactly the thread I read a month ago and has been finding lol.

PS: Just noticed the thread was made by you.

[BitCoinDream]

I reported https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=683735.0 to be moved to Service Announcement. It has not been moved and my accuracy has dropped to 94%. May I know why my report has been rejected ?

[deadley]

I never understand how moderation policy work, sometime same reports got good and sometime same reports got bad because it's all depends who handle that reports, I mostly reports in Currency exchange, I really got some bad reports and never understand why.

I reported total 246 till now and accuracy is 90%.

[nahtnam]

According to one of the mods, only you and theymos can see the report accuracy.

[DannyElfman]

Is it a problem if a user has a bad "report to mod" accuracy rate? I personally don't see an issue with this as long as the user is not going crazy (making, say 100's or other large amount of) reports that are clearly invalid, especially considering that it is not always obvious if something if against the rules, and some level of judgment needs to be used.

[nahtnam]

Is it a problem if a user has a bad "report to mod" accuracy rate? I personally don't see an issue with this as long as the user is not going crazy (making, say 100's or other large amount of) reports that are clearly invalid, especially considering that it is not always obvious if something if against the rules, and some level of judgment needs to be used.

Not really. Mods cant see the accuracy rate.